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The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1887-11-17

eisis Of wife and three children.
The Oldest, named Mary, is young
lady, 10 years Of age, wbo has passed
through one Of tho strangest and
lost painful experiences which ever
fell 10 the lot Of a human being. A
short time ago she was plump,
checked girl, in robust be talh
aud ofa sunny disposition. To-day,
through the Influence OF most pc
cullsr accident, che is, in all bat
years, q shruuken, peevlsh oil wo-
man. TEE story of this strange
metamorphosis is as follows;
Mary vas engaged to be married
to a man named Jacob Ebertin. who
worked for Mr.. Harmau aud made
his home with the family About
two months ago the young couple
came TO Cleveland to made some
purchases aud see the sights. One
u the young mans friends worked
in one Of the elec;ris lights sstsb-
lisbments at the time. Ebertin pro
posed to take his futore bride
through the place and show her the
machinery; 1t appears that brok-
en- wire Of her panier, or hustle, had
unperceived worked it's way through
her dress. While passing along the
wire came in contact with one of tho
powerful electric machines and her
hand, resting on an iron bar at the
time, completed the current and she
received eevere shock and fell in
rensible TO the floor. In a few mo-
nents she revived sufficiently TO be
removed from the place, aud was
taken to her home.
Medical aid was summoned, ard
for four days the girl 10y in bed ir
q paralyzed condition. Then she
regained the use Of her limbs, but
Immediately began to lose flesh
rapidly, the hair on the left side oil
her head turned gray and began
falling ont. After four weeks Miss
Herman WAS able 10 be about, but
in that time she had been transform
cd from young, handsome girl into
q feeble old woman. Her form,
which had been plump and rounded
VAS thin aud bent, aud the skin or
her face aud body was dry an6
srinklod She he'd been sweet,
tempered, affectionate girl, but il
now peevish, irritable aod selfish
Her voice is harsh and cracked, anC
no one to look at her would imagin,
thal she was less than &c years o
age The Hartman family are hor.
rifed and well nigh heart broker
by the fate Of their once baudsom,
daughter, while young Ebertin i
almost frautic over the change il
his afianced brioe. The physician
claim that the electric current com
muuicated directly with the prin,
ciple nerves OF the spiue and lef
SIDE of the head, and that the shocl
almost completely destroyed thei
vitality. Instances in which per.
sons hair has turned white in
single night from fright, grief o
some excessive nervous shock ar
not rare, but this is supposed to b
the first case in medical history il
which person bas boen known T.
step from the bloom Of vigorou
youth into the decrepitude Of oil
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Friday last Spies, Engel, Fl

Friday last Spies, Eugel, Fisher
and Parsons. four of the convicted
Anarchists were hanged at Chicago,
Lingg committed suicide and Schwab
lud Fielden had their sentences COM
muted to Imprisonment for life in
the Penitentiary at Joliet The fun
eral Of the five men took place on
Sunday and it is estimated that fully
twenty thousand persons partic!pat-
ed in tho ceremonies.
The crime for which the seven
men were convicted and sentenced
to death, known as the 'Iiaymarket
Tragedy occurred on the night OF
May 4th, 1856. On the 1st of that
mouth the workingmen of Chicago,
save O few exceptions, struck for an
eight hour day: The strike was
partially successful. On May Sd
August Spies made speech in de-
nuuciation Of the uou. union men
employed at MCormick's works, the
result being encounter between the
uon-uniou men aud the police on the
one side and the strikers on the
other, in which several men were
killed and many wounded Next day
there was rioting nearly all day near
tue Mccormick works. The GeI man
paper edited by Spies, the ArJeiter
Zeuung, Of that morning urged the
strikers to arms and take destruct~
i've action, and the Anarchists bus
led themselves among the strikers
all day, stirring them up A meetN
! ing Of Anarchists aud strikers was
arranged for the evening at the Hay
market. Atont 1000 people assem-
bled, aud after Spies aud Parsons
made speeches Of a mild character
then Fielden mounted the wagon
from which the speeches were made,
aud delivered q fierce address, call
ling for immediate action in these
words: Arm! Arm ! Throttle and
kill the low = Police Inspector Bon
field then resolved to disperse the
meeting. Seven companies Of po-
lice, 175 men in all, marched to the
scene As they approached the
wagon Fielder shouted; Here come
the ood-hounds; you do your duty
aud Ill do mine lie then stepped
from the wagon, aud when Bopfeld
called on the crowd to disperse, FielN
den exclaimed, we are peacable II
! is said these words constituted the
signal agreed spon. After a silence
Of teu seconds fzz!ng sound was
heard at the mouth Of an alley near
aud little ball Of FIRE flew over The
wagon and fell among the police
This was followed by fash aud al
explosion, and one policeman, Ma
thias j. Degau, was instantly killed
six Others were mortally and sixty
others less seriously injured. The
police rallied, however. aud dispers.
ed the crowd. 1t is estimated tina,
twenty people altogether were killed
including Anarchist Kistler, aud l5l
wounded.
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THANKSGIVING. g..Troolamati9n
The following Thanksgiving Proc
lamation has been issued by Cover
nor Beaver


lamation has been issued by Cover
nor, Beaver:
COMMONWEALTH. OF PENNSYLVANIA,
EXECUTIVE CHAMBER, HARRISBURG,
Oct. 5l.-In the name aud by the
authority CT the Commonwealth OF
Pennsylvania, proclamation;
The President of the United States
having designated, by public procla-
nation, Thursday the oath day Of
November next as day OF general
thanksgiving to be observed by the
people of the United States, | do
cordially recommend the people Of
this Commonwealth to assemble in
their respective places of worship on
the day aforementioned, to render
hearty and united thanks TO AL
mighty God for the goodness aud
mercy which have been vouchsafed
by Him to us as a people during the
year.
To testimony whereof, have here
unto set my hand and caused the
great seal OF the State to be affixed
this thirty-frst day Of October, 10 the
year Of our Lord, one thousan d
eight hundred and eighty-seven, and
Of the Commonwealth the one hun
dred aud twelfth.
JAMES A. BEAVER, Governor.
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Thursday, Nov. II, 1887.
Hart's Big Majority.

All the counties in the State have
now completed the official count,
showing plurality for Hart. Rep,
for State Treasurer Of ii,SSS. The
official figure. in nearly oil the coun-
ties increased llart's vo.e over the
earlier estimates Quay's majority
in 1885 was 1856
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AGED By ELECTRICITY.

On the Becksville road, about six
miles from the town Of Lorraine, O..
lives farmer named Max Harman.
who came from Psnpsylyauia about
Q yea. ego. Hsrman's family con-
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A calculation has been made by
the Executive Department at Harris
burg, based on the returned number
OF taxables, as to the present popu-
hilton of this State. The.number is
estimated at 5,074, 527, AL increase Of
100000 since the census Of 1850. In
the matter OF population we now
surpass Sweden, Turkey in Europe,
Holland and Portugal and very near
ly approach Belgium, Ireland and
Roumania What is more, all the
above nations are nearly at o stand
still, while we have been increasir 9
at the rate Of about 20 per cent dur
ing the past eight years, or q pei
cent. per annum' But then, it must
be remembered, none vf the coun-
tries mentioned above, although
they are among the choice spots Of
earth, approach Pennsylvania in The
extent and vatioty Of her resources
or in her boundless supplies of min
eral wealth.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-01-26
Rheumatism and Catarrh Can be Cured.
CASANDA1GUA, N. Y, May %, 1886.

CANANDArGUA, N. Y, May %, 1886.
Pardee Medicine Co.:
GENrLEMEN:-Nearly all winter was con-
fined to my room with innanmatory rheu-
matism I commenced using DR.. Pardees
Rheumatic Remedy, but after taking it for
time the pain became more intense, and l
was alarmed and feared the remedy was
making me worse, but continued its use and
soon the pain left me, and I gradually inn
proved, the soreness leaving my arms and
shoulders and seeming t. pass out at my tees.
1t has completely cured me. At the time
I commenced using the remedy, l had a
throat difficulty aud the catarrh, which
found t, be better after taking it, and it oc-
currei to me to use it as gargle, which I
did, and to my great satisfaction improved
rapidly, and to-day am free from both rheu-
matism and catarrh. consider it indispens-
able as family medicine. I take one tea
spoonful after breakfast, and find it splen-
did tonic would advise you to recommend
it as a gargle for throat troubles and catarrh,
for know it will cure. I have seen some
remarkable cures from the use Of this rem
edy, and it is one I can recommend to all
lam, very truly yours,
E. R. MCCALL
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Spreading Eve Diseases.

To mention a few of the modes of eye
disease contagion, have to speak, IN
the first place, of towels, says writer in
the Medical and Surgical Journal, espe-
cialy of that abominable institution
known as the roller-towel, which has
been used so much in asylums where
forty, fifty or more children use the same
towel, whether they have granular lids or
not. True, in great many of these
cases the existence of granular lids was
not known; but even in cases in which
the existence of the disease was evident,
the ignorance or carelessness of the per-
sons in charge has allowed transmission
by means of towels to be one of the most
fire uent sources of contagion. Asa car
rier of the contagion, the house fly plays
an important role, especially in cases OF
young children who are not able to pro-
tect themselves against the visits Of this
little animal. Attracted by the sweetlsh
odor of the dischar e, it will settle upon
the eyes of children affected with the
disease, especially infants, and carry the
contagion in its claws to the other eye or
the eyes of the sleeping infants.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-01-26
Bicycling Extraordinary.

An extraordinary bicycling race was
recently decided in connection with the
South Australian Cyclists Union at AIDE.
laidc. 1t occurred in the final heat OF
the Walker handicap and the bicycle OBJ
stacle race. The conditions of the OBJ
stacle race we're: First lap-To ride
round, lift machines over five hurdles,
mounting machines after getting ever
hurdles, except the last one, when you
run TO the centre of the oval, lie on your
back and eat roll. Second lap.Crawll
through the bags under tarpaulin and
through casks, run one hundred yards
with bicycle, mount and finish lap il in
the saddle, dismountiug opposite paviii-
ion. Third lap-Run to centre OF oval
put on coat and bell.topper and ride to
the scoring board at the south end, then
across the oval and over the water Jump,
round the flag, on to the track, and nm
ish. Enormous crowds witnessed this
event. and the obstacle amateur cham
pion was the hero of the hour in Ado
laide cycling circles.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-01-26
Care of Horses Feet.

It is generally conceded by horsemen
that lameness originates chiefly in the
faulty treatment of the horses foot.
This fact suggests several recommenda-
tions for the mitigation of the evil:
First, bare feet. 1t may be stated as a
general proposition that any horse with
fairly good feet need never be shod at
all. In the barefooted horse the heels
spread out, the frogs descend, ridges
form upon the so!es, giving to the bottom
of the feet good purchase upon either
a rough OR smooth surface. lie soon
learns to rely upon himself and so ad-
iusts his equilibrium to motion that ne
neither strains himself, nor slips nor
stumbles. Horscmen have often given
this plan short, faint hearted trial, but
on the first manifestations of foot sore
ness at the end of few weeks, and be-
fore the feet have become Injured to the
change, usually have the shoes replaced
again. n.-Spirit Of the TuyJ.
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Saved by Sea Gulls.

IT had a funny experience the other
day." said Andy Owens, tugman or
the river. "While out On the lake IN 8
small bat, about dusk, noticed great
cloud of birds sweeping down upon me
from the nor'east. They were travelling
m airline, and, as near as 1 could Judge,
about 100 feet above the water. AS they
came nearer and nearer l saw they were
gulls, and the more watched them the
more I became convinced that they were
being chased by a gale. Throwing all
my muscle into the oars, I started for
shore with all the speed could com,
mand. The sea was getting choppy, and
the wind, which had been due north,
suddenly became quite stiff and cold.
The birds reached the Breakwater long
before did. but not one of US got there
too soon. Ten minutes from the time
started to pull out the wind was blow, v,
ing great guns. If I had not turned tau
and followed the gulls you can bet that
I would not have been here now
Chicd1o Herald.
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Tempcrance Notes.

The road to prosperity goes directly
past the saloons, without stopping.
President Hyde, of Bowdoin College,
has come out as strong temperance ad-
vocatc.
"AIorcy is tight" No wonder. So
much of it goes to the sa!oon.-st. Paul
Herald.
The Church of England Temperance
Society has a membership of 753, $50, an
increase of $4,000 over last year.
No policy man was ever a true re-
former; and if there is anything in this
country that needs reforming it is this
policy OF licensing saloons. s.--Demoreat.
The National Woman's Christian Tenn
pers nee Union have issued an appeal to
the labor organizations OF the country,
asking their co-ol Grafton in the work
f putting down the liquor saloon.
The ward devoted to the treatment Of
drunkards in the ST. Joseph's Hospital of
Philadelphia, is in charge Of woman,
Sister Baptista. She is said to have
wonderful success with her patients.
ANY person who has liquor shipped to
him in Anderson and Laurens counties,
South Carolina, is liable to imprison-
mcnt for one year, and NO person can
give friend drink in his house if it be
near his place of business.
The number Of gallons of spirits pro-
duccd from grain in this country in the
last fiscal year was so, 3l4, 32O. Although
this is an increase over the product of
1885, it is s7a, Cos gallons less than the
average product of the last nine years.
There arc 2.O73 Juvenile societiea con-
nccted with the w. c. r. L., with an
aggregate membership of 97,oS4. Fif-
ty-fve thousand pages of leaflets and
tracts, prepared especially for soldiers
and sailors in The form of letters. were
circulated by the superintendent of that
department.
The first temperance society cstab-
lished in Russia was by Swedish mis-
sionary. The rules of the order were
, sent to the Minister of the interior.
After two years, and upon payment OF
forty roubles, royal permission was
given for work to be begun by the Or
ganization. A Temperance hall has since
been built in St. Petersburg, where
nightly Gospel temperance meetings are
held.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-01-26
The License System Wrong.

"Half a9oaf is better than no bread, :"
is the argument used by High License
advocate in support of his theory that
this would be the most expedient means
of limiting the sale of Intoxicating bev-
erages. The truth of the saying is obvi-
Gus enough, except in cases like this
where the whole loaf is so mouldy that
it is no moro desirable than fraction.
The license system is wrong-root,
branch and all, and the increase of the
tax does net condone the offcnse, It's
only compromising with crime. High
License, moreover, means the protection
of the few at the expense Of the many
un-American and unconstitutional-and
whether such a soul-dcstroying traffic
requires protection answers itself. West
Grore (Penn.) Independent.
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LAS than One half the Amount Cured
Him,

John C. Heron, Of 46 4th street, Rochester,
has been troubled for years with rheumatism
in the shoulders and about the heart. He
gave physician ten dollars for an e1amina-
tion, aud he merely informed him that he
had rheumatism Of the heart. He was cured
by DR.. Pardees Rheumati, Remedy, and for
less than one-half the money paid for the e1-
animation.
Ask your druggist for DR.. Pardee's REM
edy, and take no other. Price, 81 per bottle
six bottles, s..
Pardee Medicine Co., Rochester, N. Y.
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TEMPERANCE.
Echoes of THE Trade"

Echoes of THE Trade"
"The friends of temperance we can well
defy;n
And E. no gives loud reproving-"Fie"
1--WE use our large resources and our skill;7
And Echo utters an impressive-"ll"
"That we are friends of Liberty all know"
But Echo quickly sounds aloud its-"No"
Why should our trade so many men In
censef'
And Echo makes a sharp responsive
''Sense!'
"Our drinks the spirits of mankind inspire"
And Echo tells the truth by muttering-
"Irem
"How can we best intemperance relieve2
And Echo swiftly gives good counsel
"Leave!"
Glow can we, then, the country most be-
And Echo makes emphatic utterance-
end"
But who w,G, would profit if our trade should
And Echo, from each hill top, answers
CALI"
--AlEance News. Manchester, England.
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are the words used by lady, who was at one
time given up by the most eminent physicians
and left to die. Reduced to a mere skeleton
pale and hasgard not able TO leave hTF Dea a
suffering females, such as displacement. leu
corrhTa' inflammation, ETC., etc. She began
takiIg Dr. Perce',s ',Fhv"rite Prescription,
mended by him, and is now, she says, "as good
as new" Price reduced to one dollar. by
6rurOiSfe
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How Drunkards Are Made.

The startling statement copied below
from the New York Herald is deserving
of attention: "Now, you watch those
children. They'll drink half that beer
before they get home, and their mothers
will scold ne for not giving good pint,
and Pve given nearly quart" said the.
bartender of down town saloon yester-
day, referring to two little girls of six
and eight, thinly clad, who came in for
a pint of beer. The reporter did watch
the young ones. They had scarcely got
outside of the saloon door when the one
who carried the tin pail lifted it to her
lips and took draught. Then her COM
panion enjoyed few swallows. A little
further on they entered a tenement house
hallway, and both again took sip. Il
have lots of such customers" said the
bartender, when the reporter returned to
light his cigar. ''Girls and boys and
women form half our trade. We call it
family trade. It pays our expenses.
Our profits come from the drinks at the
bar. But I tell you what, half the chill
dren who CONF here drink. That's how
drunkards are made. They sec the old
folks tipplc, and begin to taste the beer
them *elves.
"Few of the children who come in
here for beer or ale carry full pint
home. Sometimes two or three come in
in together, and if you watch 'em, you'll
hear one begging the other who carries
the pail for sip. We must sell it,
however, when their parents send for it.
We are bound to do so. Business is
business. We don't keep a temperance
shop. C. 7. L.
Wine Making on the Pacific Coast.
The California Censor, in O. vigorous
article protesting against the increasing
wine manufacture on the Pacific coast,
says:
"There is no more necessity for max
ing wine and brandy in this land because
it raises Craps than there is for making
whisky or gin because it produces wheat
and barley, or to organize bands Of rob-
bers because the mountains near at hand
afford safe hiding places for them.
"Some men may profit for time fnan-
cially by making wine and brandy, but
they can only do SO by producing drunk
enncss, bcggary, and crime among their
neighbors here and elseN here. And to
do that is crime of the deepest dye.
zone man may use bottle or q barrel
of wine without apparent harm to him
self or others, but the product of vine
yard used to make wine or brandy, pro-
duces murderers, thieves, prostitutes,
and incendiaries to prey upon the lives
and properties of the descent, honest
neighbors of the wine men,"
The manufacture of alcoholic wines in
this country is assuming increasing and
dangerous proportions, and ought to be
discouraged to the uttermost By all true
friends of temperance. National Adr0-
cate.
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.ItKnockaiLc GpOfs,''

and everythIng in the nature of eTuptions
blotchcs, pinples, ulcers, .crofulous humors
and incip!ent consumption, which is nothilll
more nor less than 81 rofula OF the luugs. com
pletely out of the system. 1t stimulate ane
fnvigorates the liver, tones up the .trmach
recu' ates the bowels, puriies the blood and
builds up the weak places Of the bdy; 1t i:
a purely vege. able compound, and will domort
than is claimed for it. We refer 10 d.. Pierce!
"GOldcu Medical DiscOrerU."
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When irritation of The throat causes tick
ling cous',, use Red Star Cough Cure, which
will effect immcdia and permanent re!ief.
One Of Broo&lyn's Board of Health officers
recommends it a; purely vegetable and per-
fecllyhlrmlcs5. Price, 25 cent.
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A NINE OF beryls is new find in Come Il
CIT. Tx Der Is already t * n out include
the yari ty known "a Golden ryls, and ran
as pr ciois tones only two pla cs lower than
diamon y. There ar also othe: brilliant COL
ors 70 nd in this mine.
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IL III, state Of Michigan it is claimed th"ree
ar l;}i firms engaged in .th; m nui"c urt OF
salt operating 40 works and a,iDJ .oar CIV
ers. Tho manufacture for tn, ,e,r amounted
10 ,yl;i barrels, an increase of I9S, l69 over
1SSs
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st. Jacobs Oil deadens pa n and makes the
lame walk. Maj'r Arnold, Of the Occidental
Hotel, San Francisco. CAL, was completely
c red of rheumatism by its use.
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THE "b ak mud of Garland County, Ark.
Yields forty dollars in silver TO the ton.

For weak lungs, splitting of blood, shortnes:
of breath, consumption. niGht-swea's aud al
lngeriu. coughs, DR. Pierce's Golden Meul'
cal Discovery is n sovereign remedy. Supe
rior to cod liver oil. By druggists.
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CURES ALL HUM0RS,
CONSUMPTION,

which 10 Scrofulous Disease of the
Lungs, is promptly and certainly arrested
and cured by this God-givcn remedy, II taken
From its wonderful power over this terribly
fatal disease, when first Offering this now Gel.
ebrated remedy to the PUBLIC, Or. PIERCE
sum pti on Cure,,' but abandoned that name
as too limited for q medicine which, from ft3
wonderful combination Of tonic, or strengthens
ing, attentive, or bood-cIeansing, anti bilious,
not only as q remedy for consumption OF the
lungs, but for all